Hook and Ahab: Barrie's Strange Satire on Melville
Captain Ahab's pursuit of Moby-Dick and the crocodile's pursuit of Captain Hook have attained almost mythic stature. Nearly everyone, from nursery child to scholar, has heard of the Great White Whale and of the Ticking Crocodile. Each aquatic monster has swallowed the amputated limb of a d...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
1965
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/460839 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030812900070644 |
| Summary: | Captain Ahab's pursuit of Moby-Dick and the crocodile's pursuit of Captain Hook have attained almost mythic stature. Nearly everyone, from nursery child to scholar, has heard of the Great White Whale and of the Ticking Crocodile. Each aquatic monster has swallowed the amputated limb of a dark and terrible captain. Each captain has replaced his limb with an unusual but useful prosthetic device. Each brooding victim is at last destroyed by his nemesis after a relentless oceanic quest. |
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